Hawken teachers are equal part experts and investigators. Read their latest questions and discoveries about how best to educate students for an unscripted world.

Points are academic currency, the foundation of the standard educational economy. On one level their accumulation supposedly measures learning, but on another level, they are a way teachers pay students to learn or at least engage in behavior that looks like learning.

When I was a teenager, I thought school was pretty stupid. I mean, I understood the general idea – school was supposed to provide me with an education, which meant that I would be able to know things and do things in the future based on the classes I was taking day-to-day. But I couldn’t imagine a world where I would need to know any of this stuff…

“She can’t go there. It’s not rigorous enough.” This was my wife’s verdict after we visited a potential daycare. At the time our daughter was three months old.“ You’ll make an excellent independent school parent,” I told her….

A sophomore recently told me that today’s technology meant that eighth graders had it so much easier than he had it when he was a kid. While his tone may seem hyperbolic, the reality underpinning his statement is anything but…